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Fragment of a Band with Male Figure Leading Mounted Female Figure with Falcon
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This fragment may depict a hunting scene. A male figure leads a female figure on horseback. The male figure, possibly of non-western heritage, seems to carry a weapon in his right hand and the bird he has hunted in his left.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFragment of a Band with Male Figure Leading Mounted Female Figure with Falcon, 1500s–1600s. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace; filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 28.5 x 43.6 cm (11 1/4 x 17 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1158
